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Show MONEY IN ELECTIONS Senator Stone of Missouri Moves for Investigation by Senate. v. ashinoton. Jan. I. Senator Stone of Missouri today Introduced a resolution resolu-tion reciting some of the assertions of Thomas W. Lawson end Judge Alton 13 Parker concerning campaign contributions contribu-tions and asking tho Judiciary committee commit-tee to inquire Into too allegations. The resolution Is as follows: Vlir-a. Thom W Uwwr of Boston, the prominent rltlz-n of B MtOn. in . anil s capitalist of reputed im" fortune. In a bicne-d article published la "Everybody's Mag- oxlni,-' n responsible .-vn.l v ,b I . ' Ir.-ulatl I publication, ha specifically ctmiRe,i thnt ti,-eonplrHl ti,-eonplrHl with certain well-known capitalist! to rala a lare corruption fund to be uei) to promote the elsetkm of tie- Republican eanSl-ilntei eanSl-ilntei frvr r-rellitit un-l t.-c-Pr.-l lent In and that they did ralsi 1 5,000 to be 1 penlcvl to "turn ut lcnt five of the doubtful Htat-K." end, Vv'lHTvas. durlns the rampulcn of 10O it wan dlrcctlj- and e-mphatlenlly rhareed by Jurlg-o Alton B Porker, a prominent candidate for th oftlre of PTenld-nU an1 hy ether citizen citi-zen of irreai promlneneo nnd hl(rh repute, te-longlng te-longlng to both tho Republican and Democratic pnrtlc. an well n by many Independent on I renponMbIo Journals thnt larre mm of money had ben Contributed . or eitort-l fnjm nu-meraUS nu-meraUS corioratlonr,, u be USed to Irillu- DCS the elertlonn then enrulnR for Prenldent an 1 Vlco-Preildent of the United States: and. Wheress the President In M last message snt to Congress on December G. 1904, took omclal cojrnlxnnee of tho B.-ov,lnn tendency te corrupt tho electorate and did In dtrect terms P recommend tho ennetment of a law again-' bribery and corruption In Federal stectlons; therefore . Resolved That the Judiciary committee of the Senate he. and Is hereby, authorised, empowered em-powered and directed to make Inquiry into the matter xtuted In the. foreKoIng preamble and elso lenetrally into tho (object or th.- use of money n F.-d-ral t-hctlons. so as to asecrtaln as far as posnlhlo the i xtent of the-evil the-evil and to refuiit to the Senate at the ftrt session of the Fifty-ninth own-ess. by bill or Otherwise, the legislation slid committee may de.-m necessary to prevent or supTSOB bribery an 1 eorruiiilon in such elections. Bald eoiiimltlei, may sit during itu- vneatlon of the Senate and sh:ill have authority to send for .persons and p?en and to compel tlic ut-teadance ut-teadance of witneKr-a |